HB294 Alabama 2013 Session

Updated Feb 27, 2026

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Summary

Primary Sponsor: Barry Moore
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2013
Title: New Brockton, alcoholic beverages, draft or keg beer or malt beverages, sale authorized, city council to regulate
Summary: Allows New Brockton to authorize the sale of draft or keg beer and malt beverages by licensed retailers, with the town council's consent.
What This Bill Does
authorizes sale of draft or keg beer or malt beverages by properly licensed Alcoholic Beverage Control Board retail licensees in the Town of New Brockton, contingent on the New Brockton Town Council's consent. It makes the town's existing rules on sale, consumption, and possession of beer apply to draft/keg beer as well, and lets the council regulate these sales by ordinance. It states that conflicting laws are repealed, but the act is cumulative and supplementary and does not override laws not inconsistent with it. It becomes effective immediately after approval by the Governor.

Who It Affects
Licensed Alcoholic Beverage Control Board retailers in New Brockton: may sell draft/keg beer or malt beverages if the town council approves, and must follow local beer regulations.
Residents and visitors of New Brockton: will be subject to new local regulations on the sale, consumption, and possession of draft/keg beer and to the expansion of where these beverages can be sold.

Key Provisions
Section 2 authorizes the sale of draft or keg beer or malt beverages by ABC Board retail licensees in the Town of New Brockton, contingent on consent from the New Brockton Town Council.
All town resolutions and ordinances concerning sale, consumption, and possession of bottled or canned beer apply to draft or keg beer or malt beverages; the Town Council may regulate these sales by ordinance.
Section 3 states conflicting laws are repealed, but the act remains cumulative and supplementary and does not supersede laws not directly inconsistent.
Section 4 becomes effective immediately after passage and approval by the Governor, or otherwise becoming law.

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